02/22/2021 / By News Editors
With the worst of the Texas power crisis now behind us, the blame and fingerpointing begins, and while the jury is still out whose actions (or lack thereof) may have led to the deadly and widespread blackouts that shocked Texas this week, Cascend Strategy writes that “in case there was any doubt why the Texas grid collapsed, the data is clear”
(Article by Tyler Durden republished from ZeroHedge.com)
Some more detail from Cascend which lays out the events of this week in sequence:
The simple 5-step solution according to Cascend:
As some others have summarized the Texas disaster best…
It is sad and ironic that in a state known for its huge petroleum and natural gas resources, the lack of reliability of wind power has brought the state to its knees in a time of crisis, not unlike that which California experienced in 2020 during record heat where wind and solar power could not keep up with demand and was near collapse.
The folly of chasing renewable energy as a means of mitigating “climate change” is making itself abundantly clear today in Texas. When will politicians wake up and realize that renewable energy almost always equates to unreliable energy?
Read more at: ZeroHedge.com and PowerGrid.news.
Tagged Under: Cascend, climate science, cold snap, data, disaster, electricity, grid collapse, natural gas, power failure, Texas, wind power
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